Christmas at ARM
My workplace gets a bit into the Christmas spirit. It’s not unusual to have decorations in the office and people buy Christmas pies for snacks in the afternoons. What ARM…
Christmas and Snow
Merry Christmas everyone! We’ve been in London the past week for Christmas, and we’ll tell you all about that soon. We were tragically disappointed that it didn’t snow *during* Christmas,…
ARM 20th Birthday
On the 27th November 1990, ARM split out f Acorn and Apple computers collaboration to create a new microprocessor standard. On the 30th of November is the date of the…
Snow in Cambridge
One thing we got from our 3 day weekend was that it was getting *cold* in England. It was the coldest November on record, apparently. I say apparently, because we…
Driving in England
We’ve mentioned before that Rob has a 45 minute commute to work (1.5hrs return) every day of the week. Previously, he had been paying petrol money to a coworker, but…
Pubs – Some for food, Some for sport
We’ve been visiting some more pubs around Cambridge, and indeed we forgot to post one of our summer ones! Still, this post has 5 great pubs we’ve visited in Cambridge,…
Soccer with Cambridge Cosmos
Now that winter is upon the UK it is time for winter sports. Liz has taken up hockey so I decided that I could either sit on my ass or…
Broken Images and Halloween
Aparently the last Harry Potter post sent out had bad links to images. My apologies! I’ve fixed all the image links you can see the post again – with the…
A Completed Living Room
Piece by piece we’ve been buying furniture and either carrying or cycling it home, with the one exception being the couch. A couple of weeks ago, we made out final…
First Hockey Game of the Season
I’ve been pretty lazy this past 6 months. No sport, the occasional cycle around, but nothing really *really* active. But I finally got off my butt and signed up to…
Gifts From Home
A few weeks ago, Rob’s mum sent us a wee care package. You see, it’s cold here. Like, much colder than we expected. It’s not even winter yet! So, we…
Cattle in Coldham Commons
Similar to home, they let farmers put their cattle in public parks. Either that or the land is owned by farmers, and people are allowed through it. Regardless, on a…
Shopping in Cambridge
Cambridge is just a little city. Population 120,000 not including students. There’s not a huge lot of shopping options. So, we ordered some stuff online. Mr Vintage from NZ, of…
Making Mushroom Bruchetta
One great things to come out of the Cambridge Food and Garden Festival was the produce we bought. We got some delicious locally made Apple juice. We bought a selection…
Cambridge Food and Garden Festival
We’re still working out all the best ways to find out things that are ‘going on’ in Cambridge. We’ve signed up to a few mailing lists, picked up the free…
A Last Sunny Day?
It’s been getting cold in Cambridge. And its started to rain a lot. When I say rain, I mean drizzle. It likes to drizzle here. So, a couple of weekends…
A Little Decoration
We love our house. But. Our house has no cupboards, except the kitchen. So, there’s no cupboards for linen; no cupboards for electrical cables; no cupbaords for sports gear… No…
Building Furniture
We’re still setting up house. Because we’ve been buying furniture from Argos, its all flat packed.We still don’t have a car so transport is a bit fun… Its nice to…
Cambridge Update
Hi everyone, So, a general update. Not everything that goes on gets blogged, mostly because not everything has a photo taken of it. Shocking thought, I know. But it’s a…
Pubs – Thai food, Irish times and a Repeat
More pubs seen from the list! On Fridays at work, the guys all go to the pub for lunch. It’s a nice idea and gets you away from the office…